Street or station indicator.



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c. w. MOORE.

STREET 0R STATION INDICATOR. APPLICATION FILED 58.15, I915.

1,222,015 Patented Apr. 10,1917.

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C. W. MOORE. STREET-0R STATION INDICATOR.

APPLICATION HLED FEB- l5| 1915- Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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STREET 0R STATION INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. i iom.

Application filed February 15,1915. Serial No. 8,435..

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, CnAnLns Moonn, a citizen of the United States, and residing at South Bend, county of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Streetv or Station Indicators, of which thefollowing is a specification. V

My invention relates to that class ofdevices which provide means. for. indicating to passengers in street railway or railroad cars, the next street crossing or station, in such manner as will enable said passengers to give .to the conductorof said street railway or railroad cars the signal .to stop the car when it arrives atthe street: crossing or station at which theyiwish to get off.

The object ofmyinvention is to provide means for exhibiting a successive series of streetor station names corresponding to the cross streets or stations which .are traversed by a street or railroad car, and means for in dicatingin succession the nextstreet or sta- 'tion intersection.

Anotherobject of my device is to p'i'ovide means for reversingthe succession of street or station names at each terminal of. the street car, tracks, or at anypointat which the car returns over the. same. track,v also to provide means to readily detach and remove the device for indicating streets or stations from its properlocation in the front end of the car to the rear end ofthe carat each reversal ofthe direction of, operation of said car,

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my device showing, the mechanism whereby the successive series ofv street or, station names are brought within view of the, passengers on a car.

Fig. 2 is a front view of my device showing the successive series of street or station names traveling in thedireotion indicated by the arrows shown thereon, also suitable means for indicating the name of the street or station which will be crossed next.

Fig. 8; shows the same front view. of my device with the mechanism and indicator set for the reverse, operation of the. names fromthat shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. a shows a cross section of my device on the line, 5-5 of Fig. 1 and shows in elevation, the, means whereby thestreet or station names are successively stepped into the proper position for indicating to passengers the name of the next streetbn station which will be crossed.

Fig. 5 shows an enlarged detail of an endless belt upon which the successive series of names are printed oratt ached.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 7-7-7 of Fig. 5 and shows in detailthe reinforcement at that part of the endless belt which engages with the stepping. mechanism.

Fig. 7 shows an enlarged sideelevation of the belt stepping mechanism, and themeans whereby said belt is stepped in either direction.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 99, of Fig. 7 andshows an enlarged detail ofthat part of the mechanism by which the stepping of the endless beltis reversed.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 represents a casing having a suitable, opening indicated at 2 -8. Midway ofthe opening 23 a suit'ablyinscribed indicator shutter is supported by means of the pivotv pins 5-6 which pass through the '-'hi nge members 7-8 -a ttached to the front face 9, of the casingl. Spring clips 10-11 are suitably-attached to the front face of said casing 1 in such position that the indicator shutter 4 may be securely held thereby to the casing l over either the opening 2 or theopening 8.

An-endless belt 12, is suitably mounted on a series of upper rolls '13, a front terminal roll 14:, and a rear terminal roll 15, anda series of lower rolls 16, a front terminal roll 17, and a drivingv roll 18. Theupper rolls 13, 14:, and 15 are, supportedat each end thereof in an, adjustable bearing bar 19 which is attached to the casing 1 by means oflthe adjusting screws 20.

The lower roll,16,-17, and the driving rolls 18. are mounted at each end thereofin bearing bars 21 secured to'the casingl by bolts 22.

Means forsuccessively stepping the driving roll 18 is providedby the mechanism shown in Figs. t and 7. The driving roll 18 is provided at one end thereofwith an extension, shaft 23 which passes through the bearing bar 21 and through the casing 1 and has attached to the end of said shaft 23, a gear wheel 24: which meshes with a stepping gear wheel 25, mounted on a stud 26. The wheel 25 is providedon its outer face with an annular series of stepping pins 27 Attached to the under side of the casing 1, and in true alinement with the axis of the stud pin 26 and stepping wheel 25, is

a bearing block 28 having slidably mounted the stepping pawl 37 whose sloping lips 38 engageslidably the stepping pins 27.

A double ended spring 39 is attached to the socket bearing 30 by means of the screw 40, the upper end of said spring 39 pressing against the stepping pawl 37 to hold the same in a forward position, and

the lower end thereof pressing against one or the other of the flattened faces 41 or 42 V of the upper end of the plunger bar 29,

thus holding the socket bearing 30 with the stepping pawl 37 in suitable position, with respect to the stepping pins 27, so that said pawl 37 may be set to step the stepping pins in either of two opposite directions, when the plunger bar 29 with the pawl 37 are elevated by the lip 43 of the push rod 44, projecting through the opening 45 in the rail 46 of the street or railroad car.

The upperend of the push rod 4-4 is held slidably in a bearing 48 attached to the rail 46 by the bolts 49. The lower end of the push rod 44 extends through a hole 50 in the vestibule fioor 51 of the street or railroad I car, and terminates in a spring block 53,

between which and the vestibule floor 51 is mounted a compression spring 54 which tends to hold the push rod 44 in its lower position. The spring block 53 has pivotally attached thereto by means of a pin 55 one i of a lever arm 56, the other end of which projects underneath a hole 57 in the vestibule floor 51 through which is inserted the removable foot plunger 58 by means of which the-lever arm 56 is reciprocated upon the pivot bearing 59, secured to the underside of the vestibule floor 51 A shaft 60 extends from the rear to the front vestibule of the street or railroad car and to this shaft the lever arms 56 are attached, thereby making it possible to operate a similar push rod '44 located similarly at either end of the car from either vestibule.

Means for readily attaching the street or station indicator to the rail 46 of the street or railroad car is provided by the hooks 61 attached to each side of the casing 1 and to the rail 46 by means of the bolts 63, said indicator being supported upon the shelf 64 attached to the rail 46.

The endless belt 12 is made of suitable flexible material and has printed or attached thereon names 65 of streets or stations and suitable interlining 66, which when stepped into view on the face 9 of the indicator case 1 give the desired indication of an approaching street or station. Reinforcing plates 67 are secured to the edge portions of the endless belt 12, and are made with perforations into which the sprocket teeth (39 engage. A door 70, forming one side of the indicator case 1, provides suitable means for access to the interior mechanism.

In operation, the said indicator is at tached in the location provided for same at the front end of the street or railroad car and the proper name of the next intersecting street or station which will be crossed by the car will be set at the proper position for the next street or station, by placing the foot on the foot plunger 58, and stepping the endless belt into the proper position either up or down on the face 9 of the indicator case 1, the socket bearing 30 having been previously turned to bring the stepping pawl 37 into the proper position for turning the stepping pins in the desired direction, and the indicator shutter 4 having been placed in proper up or down position.

After the street or railroad car has passed the first intersecting street or station, the conductor of the street or railroad car, steps upon the foot plunger 58, which operation steps the name of the first intersecting street or station out of view and places the next street or station name into the indi cated position. This operation is then similarly repeated for each street or station to the end of the line, when the indicator and foot plunger will be removed to the opposite end of the car, and the stepping mechanism and the indicator shutter reversed. The device is then ready for operation in the reverse direction.

It is obvious that a similar indicator may be permanently attached at either or both ends of the car and be simultaneously operated from either vestibule of the car.

Having thus described my invention what 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a street or station indicator, the combination with a casing, an indicator apron, and rolls for supporting said apron, of a wheel connected with one of said rolls, an annular series of pins on said wheel, a vertically movable bar, a member swiveled to said bar, a pawl pivoted to said swiveled member and adapted to cotiperate with the annular series of pins to propel the wheel carrying said pins, a double-ended spring secured to said swiveled member and engaging the pawl and the bar, whereby the pawl will be retained in operative relation to the wheel to drive the same in one direction or the other when the bar is raised, and means for raising said bar.

2. In a street or station indicator, the combination with a casing having an opening in its front, and an endless indicator apron movable past said opening, of rolls for supporting and guiding said apron, one of said rolls provided with means cooperable with the apron to move the latter, a pinion carried by said last-mentioned roll, a gear meshing with said pinion, an annular series of pins carried by said gear, a vertically movable bar, a single pawl adjustably mounted on said bar, said pawl adapted to enter between the pins on said gear and having a cam face to engage one of said pins to propel said gear, and means for moving said bar vertically for actuating the pawl to turn said gear in one direction or the other for actuating the apron in one direction or the other.

3. In a street or station indicator, the combination with a casing having an opening in its front, an endless indicator apron movable past said opening, supporting rolls for the apron, and a driving roll, of a pinion on the driving roll, a gear meshing with said pinion, an annular series of pins on said gear, a vertically movable bar, a pawl, a swivel mounting for said pawl attached to the upper end of said bar, said pawl cooperabl'e with the annular series of pins to move the gear and the apron in one direction or the other, and a spring device attached to said swivel mounting and engaging said bar to normally prevent swiveling of the pawl, for holding said swiveled pawl in one or another position of adjustment to control the direction of movement of said gear and apron, and means for moving said pawl-carrying bar vertically."

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. MOORE.

Witnesses:

EMIL G. J. BEER, ROBERT P. Krznn.

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